Shloka 41
सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्
The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin
पृथ्वीनाथ! यदुवीर श्रीकृष्णने जो बातें तुम्हारे सामने कही हैं, उन्हींको मैंने उस शोकाकुल राजाको सुनाया ।। संजीवितश्चापि पुनर्वासवानुमते तदा । भवितव्यं तथा तच्च न तच्छक्यमतो<न्यथा,फिर इन्द्रकी अनुमतिसे उस बालकको जीवित भी कर दिया। उसकी वैसी ही होनहार थी। उसे कोई पलट नहीं सकता था
sañjīvitaś cāpi punar vāsavānumate tadā | bhavitavyaṃ tathā tac ca na tac chakyam ato 'nyathā ||
संजीवितश्चापि पुनर्वासवानुमते तदा। भवितव्यं तथा तच्च, न तच्छक्यमतोऽन्यथा॥
पर्वत उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when extraordinary help—such as divine consent—brings a reversal like revival, the Mahābhārata emphasizes that the larger inevitability (bhavitavya) still unfolds; one should perform dharma and accept that not everything can be altered by will.
The speaker reports that, with Indra’s approval, a child was brought back to life; nevertheless, the verse concludes that what was destined happened as destined, and it was not possible to make events turn out otherwise.